Best Linux Router OS for QOS

moles · 28 Apr 2012 at 17:38

I have a network of 6 pc's. 5 are just standard windows clients for browsing the net. I have one machine that Downloads from Newsgroups and torrents.

I have a 7th machine that is my Gateway. It is running pfSense. pfSense is great but its QOS is terrible from what I can see.

I would like the downloading machine to max the connection until someone is using one of the 5 pc's, for anything from skype, youtube, browsing, whatever. When someone is using the other machines I would like for the downloading machine to have the lowest possible priority so that when someone else is using the network they have full or close to full use of the adsl line.

So my question is which is the best linux router os available for this?. I have looked at untangle, clearos, zentyal. I would like to add that I dont want to pay big money. A free OS would be best.

Hope someone can chip in.

Thanks.

KIA · 28 Apr 2012 at 18:26

Have you had a look at http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Traffic_Shaping_Guide ?

AtaRo · 29 Apr 2012 at 00:35

Do you have an Asrock board,if so Asrock has a free utility called Xfast Lan which can do the trafic shaping for you.
You need to install it to all your PC and the best thing about it if you got multiple PC the software can communicate through your local LAN to prioritize traffic.
I got this installed on all my PC (All Asrock) and I can actually hammer my connection with torrent and can still play WOW with good ping.The program is also available seperately as Cfos if you dont have an Asrock board.

moles · 29 Apr 2012 at 07:50

Thanks for the replies! I have read through the pfsense document. Everything I try seems to have little to know effect. Not sure I need all the features of pfsense. All I really need is effective QOS. Proxy server would be a bonus. Firewall is obviously needed too.

I have had a little play with Cfosspeed. Thanks AtaRo. Its pretty neat! The only problem is it relies on every pc having it running. I may end up using it if I cant get what I need from the gateway. Would obviously prefer the Gateway to handle this as there will be wireless android, ios and possibly linux machines running.